The bill would amend title 23 of the United States Code to require the Secretary of Transportation to withhold 8 percent of amounts otherwise apportioned to a state under section 104(b)(1) and (2). The withholding would apply on the first day of each fiscal year after the first fiscal year beginning after enactment in which the state’s gasoline tax is at least $0.50 per gallon.

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